Plan for Apportionment Bill Drives Congressional Tactics
A revived push to rush an apportionment bill based on the Eleventh Census surfaces as Republicans seek to strengthen control in the House. The proposed move faces opposition to the Lodge election law and relies on expediting district maps before next November elections.
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Washixwtron
D. C
Star
Congress
Northwest
Senate
Neil
McConros
House
Willites
Bert Am
Petuadine
New York
Str
Farmers Committee Plans in Colsonbia Conference
A meeting of leaders of the farmers movement convened in Colsonbia to decide on nominations and a state primary. Capt. Shell presided as delegates from Laurens, Berkeley, Charleston, Newberry and others discussed delaying August nominations and electing a Tillman-aligned state executive committee. The group also debated reapportionment based on the 1880 census, noting Columbia’s population rise from 10,800 in 1880 to 16,800 in the new census.
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Conways
Charleston
Murphy
Thomas
Mdeefield
Tihoan
Ansusta Crain
Camden
J. A.slehmel W. DD
Play
Newberry
A.W
Grand Central Inn
Capt. Shell
Tillman
Augusta Chronicle
Items of Interest in a Turbulent Era
A busy collage of notes reports and quips from 19th century newspapers. Topics include Blaine favoring federal control of Mississippi River improvements the death of a 105 year old Waterloo veteran in Transylvania efforts by Birmingham colored citizens to start a Black owned bank and new NY state deputy factory inspectors. Other items cover brain tissue experiments of Dr. Thompson postmaster Donning’s confirmation battles Paris cemetery card boxes and a German explosive shell advance. It closes with emigration figures totaling about 400 000 in eleven months and a mix of oddities from a Washington to New York scene.
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Blaine
Mississippi
Waterloo
Hatszeg
Transylvania
Birmingham
Ala
Middlemarch
Lew Wallace
George Eliot
Romale
St. Petersburg
Popoff
Detroit
Iee
W. Gilmore Thompson
New York
Donning
Ile
Louisiana
Louiskunst
Chattanooga Times
Briscoe
Wenoxville
Vore
Paris
Cimas Prairie
Oregon
Ed Rinchardt
Helm McConnell
Rinchardt
Massachusetts
United States
Union
Great Britain
Ireland
Italy
Hungary
Poland
Germany
Holland
Rev Sam Jones Attacks Quay Harrison in WV Prohibition Rally
At the prohibition camp near Moundsville West Virginia Sunday Rev Sam Jones denounced U S Senator Matthew Quay of Pennsylvania and President Harrison in strong terms and praised former President Grover Cleveland calling him a man with a backbone as big as the pillar nearby.
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Sam Jones
Moundsville
West Virginia
United States
Matthew Quay
Pennslyvania
Matt. Quay
Harrison
Mr.Jones
Mr. Jones
Grover Cleveland
Lodge And Hemphill Face Off In Federal Election Bill Debate
Pen portraits contrast Lodge the reforming yet partisan New England leader with Hemphill a calm, courteous South Carolina lawyer and head of the minority committee. The piece praises Hemphill as earnest and fair while noting Lodge’s mixture of intellect, rhetoric, and occasional arrogance. It also reports Minnesota’s new midnight hangings law for murderers, highlighting the grim timing and the contrast with the condemned’s usual preexecution routine.
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Lodge
Hemphill
House
New England
South
Reed
Mr. Reed
New
Mr. Lodge
Massachusetts
Wind Storm Unroofing Homes Shakes Cleveland
A Tuesday afternoon wind storm swept over Cleveland Ohio causing widespread damage including unroofed houses and heavy dust. The scene featured thick dust reducing visibility as crews assessed the wreckage and dangers from debris.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Twins Born With One Baby Having Two Front Teeth
Yesterday morning Mrs. Carl Kim ble of No 44 Kindel avenue gave birth to twins. Doctors noted the twins were unusually large and well developed. Remarkably one twin possessed two large lower front teeth, pearly white and fully formed, a rarity with twins and not previously recorded.
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Carl Kimble
Kindel Avenue
Cincinnati Enquirer
A Man's Simple Rights and Social Courtship
A comical exchange over a breach of promise and civil questions ends with no formal agreement. A physician weighs in on beverage advice noting lemonade and buttermilk cool the body but should not be ice-cold to avoid stomach distress.
Strength and healing with Botanic Blood Balm
A reader extols Botanic Blood Balm as a tonic and healing aid for weakness and convalescence. It claims to improve appetite and digestion and to aid rapid recovery, noting relief for bed sores and ulcers after prolonged illness. A testimonial from W. M. Cheshire of Atlanta reports typhoid fever leading to leg swelling and a draining ulcer that B B B cured.
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W. M. Cheshire
Atlanta
Gna
Tommy Knew What he Wanted and a Loaded Pistol
A playful scene shows Tommy pressed to propose to Alice while Clarence courts her, with a toddler in the doorway. The other fragment jokes about a loaded pistol that Mrs Brown should fire outside. An advertisement for P P P blood medicine promises cures for ulcers and general debility. It also touts Bradfield's Female Regulator and Abbott's East Indian Corn Paint as spring cures and remedies.
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Tommy
Clarence Courtings
Alice
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Human Nature
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S. C
Brown
P. P.P
Savannah
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Bradfields
Ee Derin
Spehessr
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Bradfield Reguirter
Charlotte
Maclean
Wm. R. Atkinson
Prinecipyl
Tozer Engine Works
A. Willis
Propr
West Gervatsy Stretv
Tozer Steam
Sia F
Fine Show Gases
Ask
Terry MI
Nashville
Tenn
Prvels
Holler & Anderson
Rock Hill
South Carolina
North Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Holler & Anderson Baggy Co
W. H. Gibbes, Jr., & Co
Commercial Bank
Columbia, S. C
C. J. Ynevenr
Jo.s. Learnant
Janna Tredaly
Cashie
Grarian Detective Bureau Co
Cloctoneth
Fures
E. Hires
Philadelphia
Talbert & Son
V. C. Baditam
Gen. Agt
Columbia, 8. C
Richmond, Va
Jersey Flats
Jersey
the Barrett Drug Co
Auguoria
Corres
Ea Pwo Hla
Daa Eol
Ort
Lippman Hros
Lippman’s Block
Wannamaker & Murray Co
Howard & Willett
Augusta
TIE Barrett Drug CO
Agtata, Ga
Rola
Gilder
Doeason
Barkett Drug CO
Augusta, Ga
GMB
Snvar
P.P. P
Lippman Bros
Wholesale Druggista
Sole Propriatora
LeerMan's Brocu
Liniment
J For Sale
Diggmtits
H. C. Bowen
Picxex
C. H
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Court House
Wells & Onn
Greenville
C. Wells, Orr
J. KE. Evans
Pickens
C. Boggs
Attorneys At Law
Pickens, C. H
M. F. Ansen
C. L. Hollixaworth
C. Greenville
S. CG. Ansel & Hollingsworth
Law
Pickens C. H
Main St
Greenvinle
Frank Smith
Easley
J. P. Carlisle
Westmoreland Bros. & Duke
W M. Norwood
Coffee
J. B. Carpenter
J. ©. Fitzgerald
Westmoreland Brothers Drug Store
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